Helen Boyd Kramer's journal on gender and stuff
My friend Willow directed me to this narrative written by a woman on Father’s Day. I’ve heard too many similar stories for one lifetime.
It made me think of that line uttered by Dmitri Karamazov: “There are fathers and there are beasts who only sire you.” That’s probably a paraphrase from the novel, but it’s a direct quote from the film version (in which Dmitri is played by Yul Brynner. Really.)
Not only is it Father’s Day, but it’s the Solsitice and my friend Lara’s birthday! At least here in Appleton, Wisconsin, the weather is great for celebrating any and all of these.
So happy father’s day to the dads out there (male female or otherwise), and a peaceful Solstice, too.
I also know that Iran’s women stand in the vanguard. For days now, I’ve seen them urging less courageous men on. I’ve seen them get beaten and return to the fray. “Why are you sitting there?†one shouted at a couple of men perched on the sidewalk on Saturday. “Get up! Get up!â€
Another green-eyed woman, Mahin, aged 52, staggered into an alley clutching her face and in tears. Then, against the urging of those around her, she limped back into the crowd moving west toward Freedom Square. Cries of “Death to the dictator!†and “We want liberty!†accompanied her.
From Roger Cohen’s Op-Ed in the NYT (which is worth reading in its entirety), & via Andrew Sullivan. If you haven’t seen the photo of the woman who is becoming the trigger point for this revolution, you can see it on Sullivan’s blog. But I’m warning you, it’s hard to see. She died on the street.
I hope the Burmese can see what’s going on, I really do, just so they know they aren’t alone. June 19th was Aung Sun Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday, which she spent in jail. Their next elections are in 2010.
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Conservatives Warn Quick Sex Change Only Barrier Between Gays, Marriage
I can’t decide what I think of this. What do you all think? It’s *nearly* funny, but not quite, & I can’t figure out if that’s because there’s something mean coming across.
Bank of America is the 4th sponsor to pull advertising on KRXQ.
Oh, New Yorkers, are we not embarassed enough YET?! Honestly. The New England states are kicking our collective ass.
The last survivor of the Titanic disaster died on Sunday, on May 31, 2009, on the 98th anniversary of the launch of the ship from Southampton, England. She died – in Southampton, England.
Oh, yes, today’s the day. Sims 3 comes out.
I really shouldn’t be this excited (but no, I haven’t bought a copy yet. I’m still an expansion pack behind on Sims 2.)
Fairfax High School elected a male student Prom Queen.
Tom Ackerman, a gay man, has vowed to call his friends’ wives their girlfriends, because he’s decided his religious views don’t allow him to recognize opposite-sex marriage.
The New Scientist tells you everything you ever wanted to know about female ejaculation (& maybe a few things you didn’t want to know).
A woman named Brenda Lee got dragged bodily off of Air Force One when she tried to give President Obama a letter asking him to stand up for heterosexual marriage.
Publishers Weekly reports from the BEA that US Publishers have vowed to fight digitized piracy.